The card is easy to open! The card art looks amazing. It’s a rebel pilot, you get to
see him in a cockpit, there’s an awesome battle going on at the second Death
Star in the background. What could be better? Well, from what I understand, the
Mon Calamari pilot was actually seen in a B-Wing, not an A-Wing as featured on
the card. Ah well, you can’t have it all, right? At least it’s a well done
piece of art, albeit inaccurate.

Once again, the Star Wars Vintage Collection has delivered a
fine bit of sculpting and has painted Mr. Mon Calamari the Rebel Pilot quite
well. When it comes to screen accurate (blu-ray deleted scene accurate?)
sculpting on costumed aliens, Hasbro has been hitting the mark lately. The
goofy eyes look good, the console, pockets and hoses on the flight suit look
nice, the spotted flipper-hands appear accurate. All around a great looking
figure.

As with a lot of Star Wars Vintage Collection figures, he’s
pretty minimal on the accessory side. He comes with a helmet and a pistol. Only
two, but they’re well done. The helmet fits snuggly on that big bulbous melon,
and the pistol fits surprisingly well into that flipper. I mean really, for
such funky “hands”, it’s nice that Hasbro didn’t overlook the often overlooked
“can he hold his gun” test.

The Mon Calamari Rebel Pilot has about all the articulation
you can reasonably expect. He has rotating forearms as opposed to wrist
articulation, but again, what more can you realistically ask from a 3 ¾”
figure? The leg straps on the flight suit do hinder the leg articulation a bit,
but less so than in previous figures that had this problem. Hasbro, you’re not
there yet, but you’re improving.

So do you want to buy this guy? Sure, why not? What do I
care? If you’re into aliens and/or pilots like I am, you’ll want to grab him.
If you’re of the opinion of “not only is he a background character, but he’s a
deleted scene background character”, well then, this should be an easy pass.
But if you do want him, track him down! He’s packed one per case, along with
the other four figures in the wave and seven Phantom Menace repacks. If brick
and mortar has been failing you lately, you may want to look into BBTS or
another online retailer.